A simple solution to the MoD’s budget shortfall | Letters

Harriet Lamb writes in favour of peacebuilding as a saver of money and livesYour report (11 May) about the MoD’s £21bn budget shortfall is yet another reminder that the UK desperately needs “lower cost” complimentary efforts that reduce security threats in the long term. With global conflict at its highest level in 30 years, the UK should invest in sustainable solutions to resolving conflict, that go beyond putting a lid on the problem as our adventures in Iraq and Libya